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Easy Eight in 48

Another 1:48 beauty from Tamiya that went together flawlessly. I started this kit intending to do it OOB. But every picture shows them loaded up to some extent. I added aftermarket gas cans, stowage and ropes. The weathering process [...]

Challenger I Mk.3

Just one more armor posting for this week. I am doing my best to catch up with some of you guys as a new member. Thank you all again for your help and encouragement so far. It’s a big inspiration to keep building. This is my Tamiya [...]

IDF Centurion Shot Cal

This is my build of the 1/35 scale AFV Club Centurion Shot Cal – one of my favorite armor subjects. I did it as a vehicle serving in the Golan in 1973. A number of Centurions lost their side skirts in that intense action. I prefer the [...]

Char B1 bis -Tamiya 1/35

Hi Guys, This is one of my more labor intensive efforts for an armor kit. The French camouflage was complex to airbrush. I used homemade paper masks, based on scaled up reproductions of the Tamiya painting instructions (scanned and [...]

ICM W.O.T.6 WWII British truck 1:35

W.O.T. 6 4x4 version were built in large numbers (over 3000) and were used in North Africa, Italy and NW Europe between 1942 and 1945, remaining in service until 1962. Full load - 3t Length - 6m Width - 2,3m Height - 3,2m Engine - Ford V8 [...]

Tamiya M4A3E8 Sherman, 1/35

Hi Everyone, this is my second Coronavirus model: Tamiya M4A3E8 Sherman in 1/35 scale. Aftermarket parts: Aber metal barrel, Value gear Sherman stowage set. colors and weathering effects by Ammo-mig, Tamiya and AK. Have a great weekend [...]

Trumpeter 1/35 Strv 103C "S-tank"

This build is a couple of years old - it was actually the first 1/35 scale AFV that I built after coming back to the hobby. After studying reference photos and talking to people who did their military service in this vehicle I soon [...]

Vintage Revell M-35 – 1/40 scale

I had purchased this Revell M-35 MIlitaty Truck 1/40 scale kit probably before 1980, and first built in 1996. This kit was injected in 1969 in Brazil by A. Kikoler company, but first produced in 1958 in USA. The model had the rubber tires [...]

1/35 Das Werk Panther A late

Well, here I’m straight from Pandemic, straight from Serbia… Thank God that we are doing well and good with this menace. in fact, I really don’t know what to think. Medias are saying one, politicians, other, doctors are saying third, [...]

1/72 M-26 (T26E3) Pershing Heavy Tank from Pegasus

This is my first completion while under social distancing lockdown in California. As luck would have it, just before this started I began an initiative to reduce my stache and hone some modeling skills. My objective is to finish a simple [...]